Presidential debate

I watched the Presidential debate and as the clich? goes, Obama "got his clock cleaned."

Romney appeared as the candidate who was in command of the issues and he offered specific steps to stop the precipitous slide. He clearly said the economy was slowing this year, worse than last year and worse than 2010. More evidence that when you are in a hole, stop digging.

Romney said when he was Governor of Massachusetts he had to work with 87 percent Democratic legislators. He met with leaders of both parties every Monday. While he said he would not change his basic principles but he would find common ground to accomplish the will of the people.

Romney did show he understands the middle-class and even Vice-President Joe Biden said the middle-class has been hammered in the last four years. The President has submitted a budget to the Senate which Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has kept in his desk and not presented to Congress to review and work on. Perhaps there were items in this budget that even Senator Reid knew were losers.

The President has no business experience and it showed. I can imagine when Romney was in business, he would come to meetings well-prepared.

I also liked Romney's assessment of programs that if they didn't pass muster, he would scrap them. Romney showed he would clearly be in full-command. It was interesting to note that this morning in Denver, President Obama delivered a stirring speech. Perhaps the President took Bill Maher's advice when Maher on Twitter said Obama should have used the teleprompter. If the President can't think without help that is sad and we pay the price.

I believe Romney will also shine on the foreign policy debate. All Romney has to do is remind voters that Obama whispered a message to Putin that he, Obama, would be more flexible when he is re-elected.